Abington railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Abington


caption =
locale = Scotland
borough = South Lanarkshire
line = Caledonian Railway
owner = London Midland and Scottish Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 15 February 1848
events = Station opens
years1 = 4 January 1965
events1 = Station closes

Abington railway station was a station which served Abington, in the Scottish county of South Lanarkshire. It was served by local trains on the what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. There is now no station convenient for Abington.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on th the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line but there is no station at the site now.

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd
year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0